{"product_id":"portraits-john-berger-on-artists-9781839764158","title":"Portraits: John Berger on Artists","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A rich and lovely exploration of art history\" from the world-renowned art critic behind \u003ci\u003eWays of Seeing\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e)!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA diverse cast of artists comes to life in this jargon-free study Zadie Smith hails as \"among the greatest books on art I've ever read.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the world's most celebrated art writers takes us through centuries of drawing and painting, revealing his lifelong fascination with a diverse cast of artists. Berger grounds the artists in their historical milieu in revolutionary ways, whether enlarging on the prehistoric paintings of the Chauvet caves or Cy Twombly's linguistic and pictorial play. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn penetrating and singular prose, Berger presents entirely new ways of thinking about artists both canonized and obscure, from Rembrandt to Henry Moore, Jackson Pollock to Picasso. Throughout, Berger maintains the essential connection between politics, art and the wider study of culture. The result is an illuminating walk through many centuries of visual culture featuring 100 black and white images, from one of the contemporary world's most incisive critical voices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wonderful artist and thinker.\" --Susan Sontag\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStoryteller, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, dramatist and critic, \u003cb\u003eJohn Berger\u003c\/b\u003e (1926-2017) was one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. His many books include \u003ci\u003eWays of Seeing\u003c\/i\u003e; the fiction trilogy \u003ci\u003eInto Their Labours\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHere Is Where We Meet\u003c\/i\u003e; the Booker Prize-winning novel \u003ci\u003eG\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHold Everything Dear\u003c\/i\u003e; the Man Booker-longlisted \u003ci\u003eFrom A to X\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eA Seventh Man\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eTom Overton\u003c\/b\u003e catalogued John Berger's archive at the British Library as part of an Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded Collaborative Doctoral Award with King's College London, and edited this book as a Henry Moore Institute Research Fellow and a Fellow of the Centre for Life-Writing Research at KCL. He has curated exhibitions at King's Cultural Institute, Somerset House and the Whitechapel Gallery, and his writing has been published by the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eApollo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhite Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVarious Small Fires\u003c\/i\u003e, Tate, the British Council and others. He is working on Berger's biography and a book on migration and archives.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50482976260370,"sku":"9781839764158","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b271410d-5458-4cae-bb37-14ca42a788d1.jpg?v=1730353572","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/portraits-john-berger-on-artists-9781839764158","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}